PROJECT:        MAC REPLACEMENT PROJECT
DOC. TYPE:      DESIGN SPECIFICATION
DOC NO.:        3
TITLE:          DATE AND TIME GENERATOR FOR INDIRECT COMMAND FILES
DATE:           10-JAN-79 21:40
AUTHOR:         D.B.CURTIS
GROUP:          LIBRARY
SUBJECT:        METHOD OF OBTAINING THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME
FILE:           GETTIME.RNO


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1.0  OBJECTIVES

This document describes a method of obtaining the date and  time  from
an indirect command file.



2.0  DISCUSSION

There often exist times when it is nessasary to generate the date  and
time from an indirect command file.  The @ processor does not supply a
method of doing this.  This document describes a method to satisy this
need.



3.0  DETAILED PLAN

The following command lines will generate two global string  variables
that contain the date and time.


        .ENABLE SUBSTITUTION
        .ENABLE GLOBAL
        TEC @LB:[17,377]DATTIM.TEC
        @LB:[17,377]DATTIM
        ; PRINT THE DATE '$DATE' AND THE TIME '$TIME'
        /

The date is returned in variable $DATE and the time in variable $TIME.
The  teco  macro DATTIM.TEC may be examined to determine the method of
generating the date and time.



4.0  GLOSSARY